Second Best Mayor In The World Mustafa Kamal
Mustafa Kamal Bhai With Altaf Hussain Bhai
The new mayor of Karachi is an unlikely poster child for innovative urban planning. The 36-year-old Syed Mustafa Kamal governs a city that’s more often in the news for religious violence than cosmopolitan ways. But the hard-charging Kamal is looking to change all that. He’s courting foreign investment, encouraging international ties, and boosting the city’s tourism. Kamal isn’t shy about his goals: He has said he wants to turn Karachi into the “next Dubai.” His Green Karachi project aims to plant thousands of trees in the city. No stranger to Karachi’s bare-knuckled politics, Kamal isn’t letting anything stand in the way of his grand plans: He has threatened to arrest anyone who tries to cut down the new saplings.
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- Published:
- November 12, 2008 / 10:35 pm
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- City Goverment, City Nazim, District Goverment, Karachi, Local Goverment, Pakistan, Politics, South Asia, mqm
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